Hammer Arm (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia

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Hammer Arm (Japanese: アームハンマー Arm Hammer) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Hammer Arm inflicts damage and lowers the user's Speed by one stage.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						IV	V	VI	VII	VIII		IX
0099				Water 3		−	−	−	−	1	1
0112				Monster	Field	42	42	42	1, Evo.	1, Evo.	1, Evo.	Evo.
0143				Monster		−	−	−	−	44	44	44
0185				Mineral		49	49BW 47B2W2	47	50	1	1	1
0217				Field		67	67	1, 67	1, 67		1, 67	64
0260				Monster	Water 1	69	69	1, 69XY 1, 63ORAS	1, 63	1	1	Rem.
0289				Field		61	67	1, 67XY 1, 61ORAS	1, 61		1, 61	63
0376				Mineral		45	45	45	1, Evo.	1, Evo.	1, Evo.	Evo.
0377				No Eggs Discovered		81	81	1, 81XY 49ORAS	49	42	42	42
0378				No Eggs Discovered		81	81	1, 81XY 49ORAS	49	42	42	42
0379				No Eggs Discovered		81	81	1, 81XY 49ORAS	49	42	42	42
0383				No Eggs Discovered		20HGSS	20	20XY 80ORAS	80	36	36	36
0464				Monster	Field	42	42	42	1	1	1	1
0486				No Eggs Discovered		−	−	−	−	66	66	66
0500				Field			1	1	1			Rem.
0532				Human-Like			40	40	40	36		36
0533				Human-Like			45	45	45	42		42
0534				Human-Like			45	45	45	42		42
0555				Field			35	35	1, Evo.	1, Evo.
0579				Amorphous			−	−	−	1, Evo.		Evo.
0622				Mineral			50	50	55	48		48
0623				Mineral			60	60	61	52		52
0641				No Eggs Discovered			79	1, 79	1, 73	55		55
0642				No Eggs Discovered			79	1, 79	1, 73	55		55
0645				No Eggs Discovered			79	1, 79	1, 73	55		55
0652				Field				1, 60	1, 72			1
0660				Field				1, 60	1, 60	58
0675				Field	Human-Like			1, 57	1, 70	58
0759				Field					32	32
0760				Field					36	36
0794				No Eggs Discovered					47	60
0799				No Eggs Discovered					43	45
0861				Fairy	Human-Like					64		64
0893				No Eggs Discovered						72		72
0895				No Eggs Discovered						42		42
0901				Field								64
0901				Field								64
0934				Mineral								Evo.
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

Special move

Generation IV

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0241				Field		My Pokémon Ranch
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Generation VII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0288				Field		Island Scan - Route 11SM
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation V

Generation VIII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0893				No Eggs Discovered		Forest of Okoya Dada Zarude
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Hammer Arm inflicts damage and reduces the user's Travel Speed by one stage.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Pokémon Masters EX

• Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Lowers the user's Speed.

Description

In the anime

Ursaring Diggersby Sudowoodo Golurk
The user swings its strong, heavy arms at the target to inflict damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	One of Rhydon's forearms glow white and it slams the opponent with it.
A Scientist's Rhydon	Tag! We're It...!		Debut
	Ursaring's forearms glow white or gold and it slams them onto the opponent; or, one of Ursaring's hands glow gold and it smacks the opponent hard.
Paul's Ursaring	Glory Blaze!		None
Ilunas's Ursaring	Night and Day, You are the Ones!		None
	Rhyperior's hand glows red and slams its arm into the opponent.
Brendan's Rhyperior	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None
	Regigigas's forearms glow white and it slams them into the opponent from above.
A wild Regigigas	Pillars of Friendship!		Regigigas could not legally learn Hammer Arm at the time
	Sudowoodo's whole arm or the orbs on its hands glow white, light green, or gold and it slams it into the opponent. Sometimes, both of its arms glow.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Frozen on Their Tracks!		None
Narissa's Ditto One in the form of Sudowoodo	Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!		Used via Transform
Narissa's Ditto Two in the form of Sudowoodo	Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!		Used via Transform
	Tornadus raises both of his arms above his head and crosses them. Both of his forearms then start to glow white, and Tornadus brings both of his arms down on top of the opponent; or, Tornadus smashes his wrists together in front of his body and pulls his arms to his side. Both of his forearms then glow white and he charges forward. As he approaches the opponent, he brings both of his fists forward, smashing them into the opponent; or, Tornadus holds out one of his arms and his forearm starts to glow white. He then slams his forearm into the opponent. As he swings his arm, he leaves behind a stream of white energy where he swung.
Tornadus (anime)	Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1		None
	One of Thundurus's forearms glow white and he swings it forward, smashing it into the opponent. As he swings his arm, he leaves behind a white trail of energy where it swung.
Thundurus (anime)	Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2		None
	One or both of Emboar's forearms glow white and it slams it or them onto the opponent.
Bianca's Emboar	Search for the Clubultimate!		None
Shamus's Emboar	Evolution by Fire!		None
	One of Pangoro's forearms glows white and it slams it onto the opponent.
A wild Pangoro	The Bamboozling Forest!		None
A Trainer's Pangoro	Rotom's Wish!		None
	Diggersby's ears glow white and it slams them into the opponent; or, the ends of Diggersby's ears glow red, and it hits the opponent with them.
Dolan's Diggersby	To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!		None
A wild Diggersby	A Trip Down Memory Train!		None
Clemont's Diggersby	The Future is Now, Thanks to Strategy!		None
An archeologist's Diggersby	HZ037		None
	One of Exploud's forearms glows white and it slams it onto the opponent.
Blake and Heath's father's Exploud	Splitting Heirs!		None
	One of Slaking's arms glows white and it slams the opponent with it.
Sawyer's Slaking	Analysis Versus Passion!		None
	One of Golurk's arms glows white and it slams the opponent with it.
Goh's Golurk	Raid Battle in The Ruins!		None
	Regidrago closes its arms around itself in the shape of a dragon's head. Its body then becomes surrounded by a light blue aura, and it slams its arms into the opponent.
Gary's Regidrago	Chasing to the Finish!		None
	One of Chesnaught's arms glows white and it slams the opponent with it.
Alain's Chesnaught	Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!		None

In the manga

Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game XY!

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Regirock Metagross
The user swings and hits with its strong, heavy arm. However, this lowers the user's speed.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Regirock raises one of its arms and slams it down at the opponent.
Candice's Regirock	A Novel Test!!		Debut
	Metagross punches the opponent with one of its fists with great force, losing speed every time it uses the attack.
Koya's Metagross	A New Battle Begins!		None

In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

• Hammer Arm has the same description text as Ice Hammer.

In other languages

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